diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index f688bfa..c0fc82f 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ function vm_boot() {
     if [ -e /etc/os-release ]; then
         LSB_DESCRIPTION=$(grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -d'"' -f2)
     fi
-    # Strip quotes from LSB_DESCRIPTION
-    LSB_DESCRIPTION="$(echo "${LSB_DESCRIPTION}" | sed 's/"//g')"
 
     echo "Quickemu ${VERSION} using ${QEMU} v${QEMU_VER_LONG}"
     echo " - Host:     ${LSB_DESCRIPTION} running ${KERNEL_NAME} ${KERNEL_VER} ${KERNEL_NODE}"